As a counterintelligence (CI) professional for close to 13 years I have established diverse skills working for several DOE CI programs, beginning with the Inspections and Polygraph program and most recently in the Richland Field Office (RFO). Our mission focuses on the foreign intelligence service (FIS) and foreign terrorist threat to DOE assets including the Hanford Site. In fulfilling this mission I have worked both independently and as a team member to accomplish our required duties. I have developed detailed CI threat assessments by identifying and analyzing potential vulnerabilities of DOE equities including personnel, facilities, sensitive and classified information, special nuclear material, research and development data, and other sensitive materials and resources. I serve as our facility's COMSEC custodian and OPSEC officer responsible for safeguarding our facility and internal security processes. I have been a primary focal point during our internal CI assessments facilitating and participating in the Inbrief/Outbrief meetings, scheduling interviews, addressing our scope of work through interrogatories, and tracking/completing identified corrective actions. I conduct CI briefings and awareness training to senior management and other federal and contractor employees who interact with foreign entities by traveling overseas or hosting visitors and assignees on site. I regularly interact with federal and local law enforcement agencies to include, the FBI, DOE IG, DHS, and Hanford Patrol. Additionally, I maintain a strong relationship with DOE/RL SES site specialists and other operating personnel to assess potential terrorist targets based on analysis of current threat information and the sites' identified critical infrastructure and facility vulnerabilities.
- Research and evaluate cyber, terrorist and foreign espionage threats to DOE equities within RFO's area of responsibility, continuing to develop threat assessments for DOE HQ and other federal agencies
- Conduct defensive counterintelligence (CI) travel briefings/debriefings of DOE federal employees and contractors traveling to DOE sensitive countries, evaluating information for relevant intelligence related activities, and report results through appropriate channels beneficial to the DOE CI national program
- Identify and brief federal employees and contractors acting as hosts or escorts of sensitive country foreign nationals, providing them with relevant CI awareness information
- Conduct debriefings of hosts and escorts evaluating information for relevant intelligence related activities, and report results through appropriate channels beneficial to the DOE CI national program
- Conduct and/or assist in CI investigations as requested or approved by applicable directives and executive orders
- Maintain liaison with local intelligence community (IC) and law enforcement agencies to enhance investigative and operational initiatives, and threat assessment data
- Perform personnel security file (PSF) reviews to assist DOE HQ CI Evaluations program
- Perform PSF reviews at the request of DOE/RL Security and Emergency Services division
- Serve as the RFO COMSEC Custodian
- Serve as the RFO OPSEC Officer
- Derivative Classification Authority to TS level
- Manage the RFO CI awareness program:
- Gathered and analyzed CI information from multiple resources and developed relevant documents dependent upon the targeted audience, to include:
- Coordinated budget preparation and monthly accounting of funds
- Tracked monthly required action items and prepared quarterly performance reports and statistics for submission to DOE CI HQ
Analysis Duties:
- Provided the SCIO with special risk assessments related to any CI duties required under the UFVA, foreign travel, request for hire, or other approval / consultation process significant to the CI mission
- Conducted research using available databases, studies and reports for information relevant to potential vulnerabilities, CI awareness issues, and local CIO activities. Identified and coordinated valuable information to staff members in meeting CI program goals and objectives
- Regularly compiled research data from DOE and other IC reporting formats identifying any relationship to activities, staff, visitors, assignees, and foreign travelers in our AOR
- Polygraph Program Administrator for two national level test centers in Albuquerque, NM and Oak Ridge, TN
- Executive Assistant for the Polygraph and Inspections Program Director
- Developed detailed CI threat assessments for RFO's organizations, to include:
- Developed and maintained the analytical Inspections Findings and Recommendations Data Base
- Focal point and liaison between RFO and the HQ CI Inspection team
- Served as the Polygraph Program Administrator for two national level test centers located in Albuquerque, NM and Oak Ridge, TN
- Developed and managed recurring activities for the HQ Inspections and Polygraph Program to include:
- Polygraph Countermeasures Working Group (CWG) Project Officer involving 24 federal agencies
- Focal point between the CI Inspections and Polygraph Program Office and other CI components, additional DOE offices, external organizations, and various individuals within the polygraph and inspections program
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